DEA Programme | Associate Research Directors
The DEA mobility programme allows international researchers from all continents to come and carry out their research (fieldwork, library, and archival work) in France for periods of 4 to 6 weeks.
Created in 1975, under the impetus of Fernand Braudel in agreement with the Secretary of State for Universities, the ‘Associate Directors of Studies’ (DEA) programme is the FMSH's longest-standing international mobility programme.
Many internationally renowned researchers have been invited as part of this programme, contributing to the construction and development of scientific cooperation networks and the promotion of French research abroad.
- The program is intended exclusively for holders of university professorships or equivalent positions in higher education and research institutions.
- Candidates must be under 65 years of age at the time of their stay.
- Priority is given to projects requiring fieldwork (surveys, work in libraries or archives, etc.) in France.
- Any application for the exclusive purpose of writing an article or a book will not be considered.
Since its creation in 1975, the DEA programme has supported more than 1,500 researchers.
Key figures per year
- 3 calls
- 60 mobilities
- 200 000€ granted
Bénédicte Rastier
candidatures.dea@msh-paris.fr
Ongoing call
Associate Research Directors: DEA Programme
Grantees
Activities
Memories of the Oyapock: Crossed Accounts on the History of Indigenous Peoples
Statistics, Anthropology and Caste: India in British and French Writings in 19th and 20th Centuries
Memory policies on COVID-19 in France and beyond
2025 invited researchers from the DEA mobility programme
